Steven Waldman writes that it is a common misconception that the Republicans are the religious and the Democrats are the secularists in US politics. Indeed, both are very religious. And where the GOP has its Religious Right, the Democratic party has its own ultra-religious wing that strongly opposes e.g. gay rights, namely African-Americans.
This, Waldman says, can hurt John Kerry, who seems very uncomfortable about mentioning religion.
Not only is religiousity a form of superstition, there is also a lot of superstition about religion, not all of it from religious people.
The cell committed collective suicide as police were catching up with them, and papers left behind have revealed what other plans these terrorists had.
Dave Kopel has compiled a list of Fifty-six Deceits in Fahrenheit 911. I have not yet been able to obtain a copy of Michael Moore's piece of propaganda, so I can of course not vouch for its correctness. You'll have to judge for yourself (aren't you always?).
From a quick reading, my only criticism is that I think Koper overstates the case for a link between Saddam Hussein and 9/11, which is indirect at best based on current evidence. Such a rebuttal would benefit from omitting controversial claims like a Mukhabarat operative named Ahmed Hikmat Shakir being present at a Kuala LumpurAl-Qaeda terror planning meeting. It is quite possible that the person present in Malaysia was another man with the same name as Saddam's intelligence operative.
At any rate, I think Kopel's comprehensive list is worth checking out.
